Welcome, haiku poets worldwide to the Australian Haiku Society Summer Solstice Kukai. Entries close on the day of the Solstice, Sunday 22nd December.
Entries have now closed.
Write a haiku in response to the image.
Enter no more than one haiku per image. Haiku entered should not have been published previously in print or online, including in discussion forums. If you enter more than one haiku per image, only your first haiku will be considered.
Your name should appear on your entry as you would like to see it on the website.
The winning haiku will be displayed on the AHS website.
By entering the competition, entrants agree to make their haiku available for use on the AHS website, although copyright will remain with the author.
No correspondence will be entered into regarding winning entries.
To enter, post your haiku in the comment box. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the comment box.
If you make a mistake in your haiku, please post it again, including a note to ignore your first entry.
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Good luck!
Australian Haiku Society 
hazed sun
is cradled by soot-black mountains
Dante’s Peak
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sunset disc
my eyeballs feel
seared
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solstice night –
the insomnia
of bushfire
(Isabel Caves)
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bushfire thunder;
eucalypt in flames…
the sun stands still
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morning…
the lungs of songbirds
singing
Ed Bremson
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firestorm a dusting of red on the glacier
Debbie Strange
Canada
Wishing you a happy solstice. I hope all of you are safe and well.
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smoke haze
the haunting scream
of koalas
Wanda Amos
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